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Included in your stay at Akuani River Lodge are all meet and greet and transfers in Bogotá, 2 nights in Bogotá hotel accommodations (shared room) single room $90 extra(includes Breakfast), Round trip charter flight from Bogotá to Puerto Inírida (checked and carry-on baggage limited of 20 kgs (44 lbs.) - total., Transfers to and from to Camp, Double occupancy lodging at camp, 6 days of fully guided fishing, two anglers per boat All meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks at Camp, Unlimited soft drinks and beer.

Not included in your stay at Akuani River Lodge are International flights to Bogotá, Excess Baggage fees, Meals, drinks, other activities, and expenses in Bogotá or possibly Puerto Inírida, Hard Alcohol (if notified in advance Afloat will purchase your preferred beverages and deliver to camp with invoice), Fishing equipment, Evacuation insurance, cancellation, repatriation, and medical insurance – highly recommended, Gratuities, Sport fishing license (AUNAP) (currently not needed at the moment)

The Fly Shop® is not in the insurance business, but we recommend Travel Guard coverage as a service with a desire to see your best interests protected. It is impossible to know when an unfortunate situation (loss of luggage, fly rods, illness in the family, or an accident) may occur. However, such things can and do happen, and this insurance can provide a means of recourse against non-refundable financial losses.

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The following morning, you’ll be met by your Bogotá host, who will ride in the shuttle with you and your group of anglers to the airport, assist in all luggage transfers, and be certain that you are ready to board the flight to Puerto Inírida, a 90-minute flight. Once you arrive, another Afloat representative will be waiting for you at the airport. He will drive you in a Tuk Tuk (a three-wheeled open-air vehicle) for a 10-minute drive to the river, where you will take a four-hour speed boat ride to Akuani River Lodge. After you arrive at the Lodge, you'll enjoy drinks and snacks, get in your room, set up your gear and relax before dinner.

Perfectly pairing with hunting big peacocks is targeting the large numbers of Butterfly and Royal peacocks. These fish like to gather in schools and are ferocious feeders and very aggressive. Anglers can expect to catch these two species with both subsurface and surface flies aggressively fished over shallow water sholes, sand flats and lagunas. Boat runs are anywhere from 10-15 minutes to 1.5 hours up river.

Downstream of the Lodge is where the Vichada tributary joins the Orinoco, and skiffs will turn down stream to Maipures Rapids. This is where the majority of the Payara fishing takes place and is not to be missed. On the Orinoco, the Bongos are used to get around the rapids. Most of the fishing is done off the rocks on foot.

The Orinoco River is one of the longest rivers in South America, flowing in a giant arc for close to 1,400 miles. The river is considered the fourth largest in the world in terms of discharge volume. You'll fish the Maipures Rapids for 20+ pound payara (vampire fish) in strong currents. On the Orinoco, giant sardinata, resembling an American shad (but much larger), go after small poppers, jigs, spinners, and flies. Use bait to target redtail and shovelnose fish (the ones with distinctive stripes). The Maipures Rapids in Tuparro National Reserve were called the Eighth Wonder of the World by German explorer Alexander von Humboldt and is home to 74 species of mammals, 320 bird species, and many other critters. Pumas, jaguars, and anacondas inhabit the woodlands.